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Christian News, Reviews and CommentaryThu, 22 Feb 2018 01:59:23 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.4139502109Ted Cruz defends Second Amendment, blasts ‘enormous hypocrisy’ of Hollywood liberals on gun controlhttp://truthforthetimes.klptv.org/2018/02/21/ted-cruz-defends-second-amendment-blasts-enormous-hypocrisy-of-hollywood-liberals-on-gun-control/
http://truthforthetimes.klptv.org/2018/02/21/ted-cruz-defends-second-amendment-blasts-enormous-hypocrisy-of-hollywood-liberals-on-gun-control/#respondWed, 21 Feb 2018 22:23:28 +0000http://truthforthetimes.klptv.org/?p=8233Sen. Ted Cruz was asked by a TMZ reporter in Washington, D.C., last week if Hollywood, while touting overwhelming opposition to the Second Amendment, shares blame for gun violence due to its influence in American culture. And the Republican from Texas shot straight from the hip. “I don’t think this is one too many movies …]]>

Sen. Ted Cruz was asked by a TMZ reporter in Washington, D.C., last week if Hollywood, while touting overwhelming opposition to the Second Amendment, shares blame for gun violence due to its influence in American culture.

And the Republican from Texas shot straight from the hip.

“I don’t think this is one too many movies with cowboys and Indians or [Arnold] Schwarzenegger, Quentin Tarantino, or what have you. I don’t think that’s the cause. Evil has always been with us. Now Hollywood does glorify violence, and I’ve got to say I wish we had a little bit less of that. But the truth of the matter is when Hollywood celebrities engage on issues like this, they’re almost inevitably reflecting enormous hypocrisy. Because a lot of these movie stars, they have armed security traveling with them, so they’re perfectly happy to say, “Yeah, yeah, yeah. My armed security, he can keep me safe, but don’t let a law-abiding citizen.” The Second Amendment is about a single mom living in a tough neighborhood with a crack house down the street being able to defend herself and defend her kids.”

Cruz then brought up Stephen Willeford, who used his own gun to stop the shooter behind the tragic massacre at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, in November.

]]>http://truthforthetimes.klptv.org/2018/02/21/ted-cruz-defends-second-amendment-blasts-enormous-hypocrisy-of-hollywood-liberals-on-gun-control/feed/08233Civil rights pioneer wants blacks to join GOP, says Democrats ‘most afraid’ of ‘conservative blacks’http://truthforthetimes.klptv.org/2018/02/21/civil-rights-pioneer-wants-blacks-to-join-gop-says-democrats-most-afraid-of-conservative-blacks/
http://truthforthetimes.klptv.org/2018/02/21/civil-rights-pioneer-wants-blacks-to-join-gop-says-democrats-most-afraid-of-conservative-blacks/#respondWed, 21 Feb 2018 22:20:31 +0000http://truthforthetimes.klptv.org/?p=8229Civil rights pioneer and unabashed conservative Clarence Henderson had a central message for those gathered to hear him speak in Fayetteville, North Carolina, last week: Black voters should join the Republican Party. He also told those at the Cumberland County Republican Women’s Club last Tuesday that “what the Democratic Party is most afraid of is …]]>

Civil rights pioneer and unabashed conservative Clarence Henderson had a central message for those gathered to hear him speak in Fayetteville, North Carolina, last week: Black voters should join the Republican Party.

He also told those at the Cumberland County Republican Women’s Club last Tuesday that “what the Democratic Party is most afraid of is conservative blacks,” the Fayetteville Observer reported.

Henderson was part of the famous Greensboro lunch counter sit-in movement in 1960 that led to desegregating them, and he has credited the GOP with backing equal rights for black Americans. In the iconic photograph below, Henderson is in the far right seat:

Now as president of the North Carolina chapter of the Frederick Douglass Foundation — which aims to increase the number of conservative Christian blacks in the Republican ranks — Henderson said the organization’s efforts also have seen success, the Observer reported.

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http://truthforthetimes.klptv.org/2018/02/21/samson-movie-review-by-tim-chaffey-and-troy-lacey/#respondWed, 21 Feb 2018 19:02:46 +0000http://truthforthetimes.klptv.org/?p=8225Note: This review contains a few spoilers, although since this is a historical account recorded in Scripture, most people are familiar with many of the details of Samson’s life. The latest in a string of Bible-based movie opens in US theaters today, and this time viewers have an opportunity to watch the famous strong man …]]>

Note: This review contains a few spoilers, although since this is a historical account recorded in Scripture, most people are familiar with many of the details of Samson’s life.

The latest in a string of Bible-based movie opens in US theaters today, and this time viewers have an opportunity to watch the famous strong man wreak havoc on the Philistines. Produced by Pure Flix, the studio that made God’s Not Dead and The Case for Christ, this cinematic version of Samson brings to life the Old Testament hero in a powerful way.

Capturing Samson (on Film That Is)

The movie opens with Samson as an adult who knows God has set him apart to be a judge of Israel and to give Israelites relief from Philistine oppression. He is not sure how to go about this task until a series of events forces his hand and Samson quickly becomes the Philistines’ most dangerous enemy.

All the major scenes from Samson’s adult life are included in the film, so moviegoers will witness his killing of a lion, his tragic (and very brief) marriage, Samson’s riddle, his use of foxes to burn the fields, his numerous battles with the Philistines (including the spectacular jaw-dropping—or jaw-wielding—fight in which he killed 1,000 men), Samson’s disastrous relationship with Delilah, his capture, and his death. The one minor event missing from the film was (thankfully) his encounter with a harlot (Judges 16:1), though the movie did allude to it by showing events from later that evening, when he carried away the city gate.

Artistic License

As with any movie dealing with biblical history, many Christians who are thinking about going to see it will wonder whether the movie gets it right when portraying Scripture. Some may question why Bible-related movies frequently include details that are not found in the text. But it is important to realize that the Bible is not written as a screenplay. If a movie consisted of only the Samson narrative from Judges chapters 13–16, the film would be rather short and would not flow very well. Inevitably, some artistic license must be taken to craft a story that plays well on the screen, filling in with scenes that are not provided in the Bible.

Faith-Driven Consumer said SAMSON has
“an action-packed storyline that rivals any modern-day,
big screen superhero saga.” Their review can be found here.
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Answers in Genesis said “this cinematic version of SAMSON
brings to life the Old Testament hero in a powerful way.”
Their review can be found here.
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Charisma Magazine highlighted three spiritual
takeaways from the story of SAMSON, here.

]]>http://truthforthetimes.klptv.org/2018/02/21/samson-movie-review-by-tim-chaffey-and-troy-lacey/feed/08225Hate Crime Laws: Justice for All or Justice for Some? by Micah Clarkhttp://truthforthetimes.klptv.org/2018/02/21/hate-crime-laws-justice-for-all-or-justice-for-some-by-micah-clark/
http://truthforthetimes.klptv.org/2018/02/21/hate-crime-laws-justice-for-all-or-justice-for-some-by-micah-clark/#respondWed, 21 Feb 2018 18:44:28 +0000http://truthforthetimes.klptv.org/?p=8222On October 10, 2004, five women and six men were handcuffed, arrested and taken to a Philadelphia jail where they sat for 21 hours before District Attorney Lynne Abraham charged them with “ethnic intimidation” under the state’s hate crime law. What crime did these non-violent offenders, including a 73-year-old African American grandmother, commit? They peacefully …]]>

On October 10, 2004, five women and six men were handcuffed, arrested and taken to a Philadelphia jail where they sat for 21 hours before District Attorney Lynne Abraham charged them with “ethnic intimidation” under the state’s hate crime law. What crime did these non-violent offenders, including a 73-year-old African American grandmother, commit? They peacefully passed out religious literature on public sidewalks during the homosexual OutFest. Penalties for this “crime” could have reached 47 years in prison and $90,000 in fines.

Fortunately, Judge Pamela Dembe dismissed the charges as being without merit. However, this is an example of the duplicitous nature of hate crime laws. In America we punish people for what they do, not for what they think or believe.

Indiana is being shamed as one of five states without a hate crime law like Pennsylvania’s. There are good reasons why Indiana doesn’t need such a law. First, it isn’t necessary. Since 2003, judges in Indiana have had the ability to enhance a sentence for any crime if a judge chooses.

Second, actions of hate crimes are already illegal in Indiana. What makes a crime a hate crime are the thoughts, motives, or speech of the accused, alone. Do we really want the government to start punishing people for what they believe? Do we want Thought Police?

]]>http://truthforthetimes.klptv.org/2018/02/21/hate-crime-laws-justice-for-all-or-justice-for-some-by-micah-clark/feed/08222Why Don’t We Care About the Slaughter of Nigerian Christians? by Dr. Michael Brownhttp://truthforthetimes.klptv.org/2018/02/21/why-dont-we-care-about-the-slaughter-of-nigerian-christians-by-dr-michael-brown/
http://truthforthetimes.klptv.org/2018/02/21/why-dont-we-care-about-the-slaughter-of-nigerian-christians-by-dr-michael-brown/#respondWed, 21 Feb 2018 18:39:33 +0000http://truthforthetimes.klptv.org/?p=8219Thousands of Christians are being butchered in Nigeria and whole villages destroyed. Why are we so unconcerned? Why don’t we care? I believe the biggest reason is that we simply don’t know about what’s happening there. Well, now you know. Here are the facts. For the last several months, one of my good friends, a …]]>

Thousands of Christians are being butchered in Nigeria and whole villages destroyed. Why are we so unconcerned? Why don’t we care? I believe the biggest reason is that we simply don’t know about what’s happening there. Well, now you know. Here are the facts.

For the last several months, one of my good friends, a Christian missionary serving the poorest of the poor in Nigeria, has been sending me emails with terrifying news. Fulani tribesmen raping and killing villagers. Children being used as Islamic suicide bombers, resulting in scores of casualties. One horrible report after another.

Yet with each email I received, as I scoured the major news agencies in the West, I found nothing reported. Not a word.

At the same time, Nigerian news sources were ablaze with reports of the latest atrocities.

Today, I saw this shocking headline on Jihad Watch: “Nigeria: Muslims wipe out 15 villages in mass slaughter of Christians, government does nothing.”

The article began with this quote, “Despite several calls to the governor and his deputy, and other security apparatus, the government remained silent as the atrocities continued. The Fulani were able to carry out their deadly attack. They stayed for hours in the vicinity, moving at will, unchallenged.”

How could this be? According to Robert Spencer at Jihad Watch, it’s because “Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari clearly has no sympathy for the victims. He shares the worldview of the jihadi attackers.”

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http://truthforthetimes.klptv.org/2018/02/21/our-children-are-being-murdered-of-course-we-need-more-control-by-jake-macaulay/#respondWed, 21 Feb 2018 18:22:06 +0000http://truthforthetimes.klptv.org/?p=8216Grievously, there are certain factions of America who immediately stood on the bodies of the children before they even had graves, screaming vitriolic insults at Constitutionalists and Christian patriots that this tragedy is their fault. They correlated two entirely unrelated topics: the preservation of self-defense and the murder of children. Phrases like, “How can you …]]>

Grievously, there are certain factions of America who immediately stood on the bodies of the children before they even had graves, screaming vitriolic insults at Constitutionalists and Christian patriots that this tragedy is their fault. They correlated two entirely unrelated topics: the preservation of self-defense and the murder of children.

Phrases like, “How can you as a Christian stand for this kind of lawless behavior where people have easy access to guns and kill others? It doesn’t make sense – you ought to be for more gun control if you’re a Christian!”

These hypocritical assertions come from many who believe the act of murder is okay so long as the child is unborn or infant. This is driving me crazy because I can’t even wrap my head around this nefarious, illogical absurdity.

Anyone who votes for politicians that say they want more gun control, but then vote to take public funding to prop up and proliferate the 3000 – that’s right – 3000 innocent murders of unborn infants a day in this country, rings completely hollow. The 17 that recently died are horrifying and tragic…

]]>http://truthforthetimes.klptv.org/2018/02/21/our-children-are-being-murdered-of-course-we-need-more-control-by-jake-macaulay/feed/08216The Atheist Fairy Tale: Inventing Theories to Deny the Existence of God by Dr. Sonny Hernandezhttp://truthforthetimes.klptv.org/2018/02/21/the-atheist-fairy-tale-inventing-theories-to-deny-the-existence-of-god-by-dr-sonny-hernandez/
http://truthforthetimes.klptv.org/2018/02/21/the-atheist-fairy-tale-inventing-theories-to-deny-the-existence-of-god-by-dr-sonny-hernandez/#respondWed, 21 Feb 2018 18:15:09 +0000http://truthforthetimes.klptv.org/?p=8213Atheism is a fictitious, inane, and blasphemous religion that denies the existence of God. Without God, how did life originate? A big bang occurred, and certain chemicals coalesced in primordial slime that developed by dumb luck to become self-aware creatures that can love, apply logic, have morals, and comprehend the world around them. In other …]]>

Atheism is a fictitious, inane, and blasphemous religion that denies the existence of God. Without God, how did life originate? A big bang occurred, and certain chemicals coalesced in primordial slime that developed by dumb luck to become self-aware creatures that can love, apply logic, have morals, and comprehend the world around them. In other words, inert matter, or pond scum, evolved into cognizant creatures.

How can anyone comprehend the world around them in a godless universe? Without God, human thoughts are nothing more than chemistry acting over time. No one lives in a way that is consistent with the atheistic worldview, which is why non-theists are going to have to borrow from the Christian worldview to make sense of the world around them. This is why the Bible calls them fools (cf. Ps. 14:1).

Professing atheists will either vehemently deny God’s existence, or posit that nothing is known or can be known about the nature of God’s existence. However, they are being being intellectually dishonest. The difference between a theist and a non-theist is that the theist is subjugated to absolute truth, while the non-theist arbitrarily suppresses it. Therefore, if the non-theist looks for the theist to supply evidence to prove God’s existence, they will be disappointed, because theists are only commanded to tell non-theists what they already know—that God does exist1—and to answer them according to their folly.2

Any belief that unequivocally denies the existence of God, or opines that nothing is known or can be known about the nature of God’s existence, is not a tenable position to hold, nor is it factual. On the contrary, it is fiction. For example: the aphorism, “No atheists in foxholes,” would need clarification in the Christian worldview, since there are no atheists in or out of foxholes, because there is no such thing as an atheist. Certainly, professing atheists can ascribe the appellation of atheism to themselves, but that does not prove that atheism exists. All that proves is that men deny God because they do not like God so they ascribe a name to themselves that denies the existence of God.

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]]>http://truthforthetimes.klptv.org/2018/02/21/the-atheist-fairy-tale-inventing-theories-to-deny-the-existence-of-god-by-dr-sonny-hernandez/feed/08213Exclusive From Breitbart — Base Politics: Infrastructure Pathway Would Reduce Deficit Without Gas Tax Hike by Auctioning Off Government Assetshttp://truthforthetimes.klptv.org/2018/02/21/exclusive-from-breitbart-base-politics-infrastructure-pathway-would-reduce-deficit-without-gas-tax-hike-by-auctioning-off-government-assets/
http://truthforthetimes.klptv.org/2018/02/21/exclusive-from-breitbart-base-politics-infrastructure-pathway-would-reduce-deficit-without-gas-tax-hike-by-auctioning-off-government-assets/#respondWed, 21 Feb 2018 18:12:06 +0000http://truthforthetimes.klptv.org/?p=8210A pathway forward on infrastructure for President Donald Trump and Congress has emerged via a new bipartisan minority-owned public affairs firm, Breitbart News has learned, as members of both the Republican and Democratic Party on Capitol Hill are actively working to launch a different type of vehicle to fund an expansive rebuilding effort in America’s …]]>

A pathway forward on infrastructure for President Donald Trump and Congress has emerged via a new bipartisan minority-owned public affairs firm, Breitbart News has learned, as members of both the Republican and Democratic Party on Capitol Hill are actively working to launch a different type of vehicle to fund an expansive rebuilding effort in America’s interior.

A plan crafted by Republican and Democrat members of the House of Representatives from the bases of both parties, with help from a new firm in Washington designed at its launch to foster ideas from the poles of the parties rather than the establishments of the parties, is expected to be introduced next week when lawmakers return from a President’s Day district workweek.

In fact, unlike a gas tax hike plan that the White House semi-embraced in the past week, this plan would not only not raise taxes or the deficit—it would cut into the deficit and pay for infrastructure.

The plan, which does not raise taxes or increase the deficit at all in order to pay for infrastructure, takes troubled government assets like buildings or debt and sells them off at auction to financial institutions—then turns around and spends the funds raised in the auction sales in two separate ways: Half the money would go directly into the United States Treasury to pay off part of the national debt, while the other half would be evenly distributed to infrastructure projects in the 100 poorest communities in America. Creating what’s known as a “pay-for,” a mechanism by which to fund infrastructure and deficit reduction in this way, isn’t entirely new: Ronald Reagan did something very similar back in 1986 to pay for tax cuts.

What’s more, unlike the current White House plan or others from Congress, this type of a plan could pass with significant bipartisan support in an election year like 2018—and get President Trump moving towards a significant infrastructure achievement before his party faces its first major national test at the polls since his inauguration in November. And given that the principles surrounding this infrastructure idea would require that the work on the projects created by the money doled out to those 100 poorest communities in America be conducted by people who actually live in those districts, it would function as a major jobs and economic booster plan in areas hardest hit in recent decades across America from inner cities– which benefits anti-establishment Democrats, to rural areas in the South, West, and Appalachia–which benefits anti-establishment Republicans.

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http://truthforthetimes.klptv.org/2018/02/21/trump-ive-directed-ag-to-propose-regulations-to-ban-all-devices-that-turn-legal-weapons-into-machine-guns-by-ian-hanchett/#respondWed, 21 Feb 2018 18:06:07 +0000http://truthforthetimes.klptv.org/?p=8207While speaking on Tuesday, President Trump announced that he signed a memo “directing the attorney general to propose regulations to ban all devices that turn legal weapons into machine guns.” Watch and read more]]>

While speaking on Tuesday, President Trump announced that he signed a memo “directing the attorney general to propose regulations to ban all devices that turn legal weapons into machine guns.”

]]>http://truthforthetimes.klptv.org/2018/02/21/trump-ive-directed-ag-to-propose-regulations-to-ban-all-devices-that-turn-legal-weapons-into-machine-guns-by-ian-hanchett/feed/08207Michigan Church Faces Death Threats, State Investigation for Holding Biblical Sexuality Workshop by Penny Starrhttp://truthforthetimes.klptv.org/2018/02/21/michigan-church-faces-death-threats-state-investigation-for-holding-biblical-sexuality-workshop-by-penny-starr/
http://truthforthetimes.klptv.org/2018/02/21/michigan-church-faces-death-threats-state-investigation-for-holding-biblical-sexuality-workshop-by-penny-starr/#respondWed, 21 Feb 2018 18:00:20 +0000http://truthforthetimes.klptv.org/?p=8204From the moment Metro City Church announced a workshop for teenage girls struggling from peer pressure and questions about sexual identity, Jeremy Schossau, the lead pastor for the church with campuses in Riverview and Taylor, Michigan, said he and the congregation had faced “unbridled” hate and vitriol. “Every kind of threat imaginable, from killing my …]]>

From the moment Metro City Church announced a workshop for teenage girls struggling from peer pressure and questions about sexual identity, Jeremy Schossau, the lead pastor for the church with campuses in Riverview and Taylor, Michigan, said he and the congregation had faced “unbridled” hate and vitriol.

“Every kind of threat imaginable, from killing my family to burning down our church, has been leveled against us,” Schossau said at a press conference at the state capitol last week with other pastors and supporters.

The latest threat came from a man who was arrested after threatening that Antifa would show up at the church. Brian Carl Begin II was arraigned Feb. 15 on misdemeanor charges.

“In the middle of the voicemail the male states if the church goes through with the gay conversion therapy class in the state of Michigan, I promise every member of the Antifa will show up ‘armed and ready. This is not a joke,’” the police told the News-Herald.

Protesters gathered at the church on the occasions of the six-week workshop — which has since been canceled — and the church has received a continuous stream of emails and voicemail claiming the aim of the course was “conversion therapy.”

The complaints and protest led two state legislators to speak out against the church, introduce a bill to make conversation therapy illegal in the state, and called on the attorney general’s office to investigate the congregation.